RAMALLAH, Friday, November 16, 2018 (WAFA) – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Riyad al-Malki, said on Friday that thanks to the recent diplomatic efforts of the Palestinian foreign ministry and the Palestinian embassy in Malaysia, all Palestinian refugees who have been incarcerated by Thai authorities for overstaying their visas were freed.

Activists have been organizing campaigns to help Palestinians in Thailand who arrived there from Syria escaping war and death.

The Thai authorities have arrested them for overstaying their visas and kept them in overcrowded and dismal detention centers with criminals, drug traffickers and sec offenders, according to the activists.

Only a handful of Palestinians were among the refugees, who were estimated at 600, who fled Syria and came to Thailand as a first stop before seeking asylum elsewhere.

M.N.